Sin City – Prohibition & Gambling 1920-55

The Marina Palace – A look back 50 years ago

July 11, 2017

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Larry Strawther

This is an article I originally wrote for the Seal Beach Sun in July 2014. The 100th anniversary of Seal Beach comes up next year, but we are already in the middle of some other significant anniversaries. Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the actual naming of Seal Beach (changed from Bay City in…
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September 18, 1941 – Ten Arrested in big Seal Beach Gambling Raid behind Garden of Allah

April 11, 2014

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Larry Strawther

A big event which actually had quite an effect on Seal Beach was a September 18, 1941 gambling raid which resulted in the arrest of at least ten men and the detainment of over eighty customers. Orange County sheriff’s deputies used a sledge hammer to break into a gambling den (behind a facade made to…
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History of Seal Beach to hit bookstores and online sites at end of March

February 26, 2014

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Larry Strawther

After a year and a half of writing (and far longer than that for procrastination) yours truly has just turned in his final proof manuscript for our new book “Seal Beach: A Brief History” which will unleashed on the unsuspecting public at the end of March. It’s 224 pages covering Seal Beach’s early days…
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